Can I only buy basic insurance when renting a car in France ?

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In fact, it's just like when you only buy third-party liability insurance at home. It's still better to upgrade to comprehensive insurance if you have the conditions.

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It's better to have comprehensive insurance. I drove in the mountains in southern France before. There were many gravel roads and my tire burst. The bottom of the car was scraped very badly. We just drove away after buying comprehensive insurance. The staff said we were lucky.

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It is strongly recommended to upgrade to comprehensive insurance. I hit a bear in Banff two weeks ago and only bought basic insurance. I still had to pay a lot of deductible myself. I changed all of them to comprehensive insurance as soon as I came back from Europe in August. The deductible in Europe is higher.

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